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What Does Marissa Mayer See at Yahoo! That We Don’t?

Mayer has announced her departure from Google to Yahoo! and her pregnancy in the same breath. Some think she is on crack, others, a brilliant tactical play.

One of the first customers who queued up to purchase a new smartphone iPhone 4S shows his new phone at an Apple Store in this file photo from Shanghai, China. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

80% of Chinese Households to Have Smartphones by 2017

With a rising middle class and falling hardware prices, 80% of Chinese families will be able to afford at least one low-end smartphone within the next 5 years.

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More “Social Television” in China as Sina Launches Web TV Service

Sina is set to expand the amount of multimedia content on its popular micro-blogging platform with the launch of its own social television service.

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Sina’s MeYou Looks to Clone Path’s Success

Sina is takng its Path clone MeYou to the next level, and is offering tight integration with the popular microblogging service Sina Weibo.

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11 Steps to Perfect Twitter Etiquette

Knowing the right and wrong way to conduct oneself on Twitter can be difficult, and so here’s a guide to proper Twitter etiquette. Really.

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Wikileaks Releases 2.5m Syrian Emails

Leaked Syria emails shine a light on the inner workings of the Syrian government and economy, and how Western companies say one thing and do another.

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US, Japan Most Likely to Ask Twitter for Your User Info

Western-style democracies were the most active in asking for political content to be removed, with Twitter receiving the most requests from the USA and Japan.

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Sina Weibo Users Happier Than Average Microblogger, Says Study

With strict censorship rules you’d think that Chinese social network users would be miserable. But, they’re actually happier than their Western counterparts.

Aside from running the world's biggest domain registrar, hosting and internet services business, Go Daddy's various interests include sponsorships in events like automotive racing. Go Daddy wants to set up shop in India, and considers the BRIC regions a priority market for global expansion (Photo credit: Hodag Media / Shutterstock.com).

Go Daddy Plans to Set Up Shop in India

Go Daddy considers the BRIC countries as priority markets for global expansion, and plans to set up shop in India to serve the enterprise and SME market.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer reveals Surface, a new family of PCs, for Windows, Monday, June 18, 2012, in Los Angeles. (Rene Macura/AP Images for Microsoft)

Microsoft Surface Launch: 7 Reasons Microsoft is Cool Again

You’ve got to hand it to Microsoft’s marketing team. The tech press hadn’t been this excited for an announcement since, well, the last Apple launch.

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